.... is.... THIS GUY!!! Yes, Greg was the big winner! Congratulations! He won hands down, with 19 out of 24 correct picks. Amazing stats! I didn't even have to use the tie-breaker questions, since he was at least 2 ahead of all the rest of the competition. (Though the Entertainment Weekly picks did edge him out with 20 out of 24, but they don't really count!)
It's easiest to report which categories Greg missed rather than all of those he got right: he only missed Best Actor (picking Mickey in the hotly-contested race), Documentary Short, Foreign Language Film, Animated Short, and Sound Mixing. Not too shabby, movie fan!
So what does he win? $25 in Fandango Bucks! To go see all those movies (or, 2 1/2 of them) that he didn't have the chance to see before the big night.
Other highlights?
- There were 2 people tied in 2nd place with 17 wins each - the champ from 2 years ago Brunette and our own Mr. Hollywood, Steve. Great job, you guys! If just a few things had gone differently you could've been contenders. :-)
- J-Lo - last year's champ - was the only one among us to successfully pick ALL 4 acting winners! Woohoo!
- Every single one of us made the right pick with Man on Wire, that feel-good documentary about a crazy Frenchman following his dream. What a feel-good category!
- Brunette was the only one to get the documentary short, Smile Pinki!, correct, and I happen to know she picked it cuz she liked the name. Good call!
- Foreign Language shocker! We were all so focused on the race between The Class and Waltz with Bashir that not a single one of us correctly picked the winner, Departures.
- RSM (my bro) and AJ resisted the nearly-irresistible pull of that adorable cartoon rabbit and were the only ones to correctly pick the Animated Short winner, Le Maison de Petits Cubes, over Pixar's Presto.
- The final count, with initials only, if you're curious: GR 19, MBW and SB 17, JL 15, RSM 14, SSE 13, SM and AJ 12, and EA and MHJ 9. So, gang, what works better for you? Seeing all the movies or just randomly guessing??? I think I need to go with the latter!
- And finally, though we voted 5-4 in favor of SUCK, I have to say that Hugh Jackman pretty much ROCKED. Good call on having a song-and-dance man as the MC.
Congrats again to all the winners!!!
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Thanks so much, Stef, for setting up the Pool and letting me play. I always enjoy it. Selena will be happy about the Fandango bucks, we can finally see Slumdog.
Thought the Oscars were great this year. The former winners coming out to present the award was a really nice touch, and of course, I loved the dance and music montages.
"J-Lo was the only one among us to successfully pick ALL 4 acting winners! Woohoo!"
It is a small badge of honor...but I shall take it.
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